Sectional ice-conveyer gallery.



P a'tpnted Mar. l8, I902.

Tum. Lvncn & v. HUEY. SECTIUNAL CE CUNVEYER GALLERY.

(Application flld m 1, 1901.

(No Model.)

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SECTIONAL lCE-CONVEYER GALLERY.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 695,466, dated March 18, 1902.

Application filed May 1, 1901. Serial No. 58,354. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, THOMAS M. LYNCH and VALENTINE HUEY, citizens of the United States, and residents of Tobyhanna, in the county of Monroe and State of Pennsylvania, have invented an Improvement in Sectional Ice-Conveyor Galleries, of which the following is a specification.

Our invention is an improved sectional iceconveyer gallery, and has for its object to provide a portable device for conveying ice from place to place which shall be simple in construction, durable, convenient, and safe in its usage; and with these objects in view our invention consists in providing a frame upon which is rigidly held a metallic slideway for conveyingice and also a platform for the attendants, said parts being so related that the attendant may easily handle the ice after it has been placed upon the conveyor.

Our invention also consists in the peculiar features of construction and novel combination and arrangement of parts, as will be fully described in the following specification, and pointed out in the claims, reference being had to the drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a side view of our improvement. Fig. 2 is a cross-sectional view of the same, taken near the middle of Fig. 1; and Figs. 3 4, 5, and 6 are detail views of construction.

In carrying out our invention we employ a frame consisting of the upper longitudinal pipe-beams A and the lower longitudinal pipebeams B, which are united at their ends by castings B and also intermediate their ends by brace-bars B the latter being shown in detail in Fig. 4 of the drawings, the castings being connected to those upon the opposite ends of the frames by means of rods or shaft B and upon the upper beams are arranged a series of cross-pipes (3, one end of a portion of the pipes being extended vertically, as shown at O, and have their upper ends connected by a pipe 0 which forms a hand or guard rail for the gallery.

Mounted upon the cross-pipes O and near the opposite end to which the hand-rail is arranged is a slideway D, that is made of stout sheet metal and comprises the fiat central portion D and the short Vertical end portions D that elevate the slide a slight distance from the supporting-pipes, so thatastrengthening-pipe E may be arranged thereunder, which is connected and positioned upon the pipe 0 by means of cast-iron saddle-sections F. This pipe E is preferably arranged centrally under the slideway, and upon either side of the slideway we arrange guide-rails G, that are secured to the pipes and braced by means of short bars G. These rails are arranged a slight distance away from the slideway, so that longitudinal strips II may be interposed between the rails and the vertical ends of the slideway, which form a brace, as will be clearly understood.

The strips H are preferably of wood and do not extend the full'height of the end portions, which leaves an alley, so that small broken portions of the ice may be pushed therein, which prevents any retardation of the ice during its passage through the gallery.

Upon the beams and between the hand and guard rails we arrange longitudinal strips I, which form a gangway-or platform for the attendants.

The gallery may be supported in any suit= able manner; but we prefer to suspend the same by means of cables J, that are connected at their lower ends to cross-beams K by means of eyeboltsL, which are held in cir cular openings K, formed upon either end of the beams K, the cables being suspended by and from any suitable means, and in practice we may employ strengthening or brass -rods, as shown at M, and also by truss-rods N, that connect the opposite ends-of the frame and are tightened or adjusted by turnbuckles O, the said truss-rods being held away from the central portion of the gallery by arms P, that are held to the beams, as clearly shown in Fig. 1 of the drawings.

It will thus be seen that we provide a very simple, durable, and economical form of. gallery or conveyer that will safely convey ice from place to place and also that will afford safety to the attendants working thereon.

Having thus fully described our invention, what we claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, isp 1. In a sectional ice-conveyor gallery, the combination of a frame having a slideway arranged thereon, guards arranged at either side of the slideway and a gangway formed at one side of the said slideway, substantially as shown and described.

2. In a sectional iceconveyer gallery the combination of a frame comprising the longitudinal beams, cross-beams and brace-rods, aslideway supported by the said cross-beams, guide-rails arranged upon the cross-beams at either side of the slideway, alleys intervening the slideway and guide-rails, a gangway arranged upon the cross-beams and to one side of the slideway and means for supporting the gallery, substantially as shown and described.

3. Asectionaliee-conveyergallerycomprising the upper and lower longitudinal beams having their ends held in castings and bracebars connecting the said beams intermediate their ends, cross-beams supported by the said upperlongitudinal beams, some of which have vertical extending portions whose upper ends are connected by a rail, a slideway supported by the said cross-beams and having its central portion supported by a beam, guide-rails arranged upon either side of' the said slideway and a gangway supported by the crossbeams to one side of the slideway and adjacent the hand-rail, substantially as shown and described.

4. Asectionalice-conveyergallerycomprising the longitudinal beams, cross-beams arranged thereon, a slideway positioned upon the cross-beams and having alleys arranged upon either side thereof, and a gangway sup- 1 ported by the cross-beams, substantially as shown and described.

5. In a sectional ice-conveyor gallery the combination of the upper and lower longitudinal beams having their ends united by castings, brace-bars connecting the said beams, truss-bars connected to the said castings, and having their central portions engaged by the said brace-bars, each of the truss-bars having a turnbuckle interposed therein, crossbeams arranged upon the upper longitudinal beams, a slideway supported by the said beams and having guide-rails arranged upon either side thereof and supported by the crossbeams, substantially as shown and described.

6. A sectional ice-conveyer gallery comprising the upper and lower longitudinal beams having their ends united by castings, crossbeams arranged upon the said longitudinal beams, a slideway arranged upon the crossbeams, saddles arranged upon the said crossbeams and carrying a pipe that is designed to strengthen or support the central portion of the slideway, guide-rails arranged upon the side of the slideway, alleys arranged between the slideway and guide-railsand a gangway arranged upon one side of the frame, substantially as and for the purpose described.

Signed this 29th day of April, 1901.

THOMAS M. LYNCH. VALENTINE llUEY. Witnesses:

E. L. STROUSS, G. C. LYNcI-I. 

